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The Ways

The Ways is an ongoing series of stories from Native communities around the central Great Lakes. This online educational resource for 6-12 grade students features videos, interactive maps, and digital media exploring contemporary Native culture and language. The Ways supports educators in meeting the requirements of Wisconsin Act 31 seeking to expand and challenge current understanding of Native identity and communities. The Ways is a production of PBS Wisconsin Education.

From About | The Ways. https://theways.org/about.html.

Waadookodaading: Ojibwe Language Immersion School

Manoomin: Food That Grows on the Water

Warriors Boxing: Fighting for our People

Spearfishing: A Living History

Lady Thunderhawks: Leading the Way

Clan Mother: Healing the Community

Hunting Deer: Sharing the Harvest

Language Apprentice: Bringing Back the Ho-Chunk Language

Powwow Trail: Keeping the Beat

Lake Superior Whitefish: Carrying on a Family Tradition

Prayers in a Song: Learning Language Through Hip-Hop

Living Language: Menominee Language Revitalization

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Our Fires Still Burn: The Native American Experience This compelling one hour documentary invites viewers into the lives of contemporary Native Americans. It dispels the myth that American Indians have disappeared from the American horizon, and reveals how they continue to persist, heal from the past, confront the challenges of today, keep their culture alive, and make significant contributions to society. Their experiences will deeply touch both Natives and non-Natives and help build bridges of understanding, respect, and communication. The tragic history of Native Americans is considered by many to be our “American Holocaust.” This can be seen in the history of the Boarding School Era, during which time Native children were forcibly removed from their homes and placed into boarding schools. Interviewees explain how this past trauma continues to negatively impact their emotional and physical health today and contribute to urgent social problems. To help heal this historical trauma, First Nations people are reclaiming their spiritual and cultural identity. The stories shared in this documentary are powerful, startling, despairing and inspiring. They reflect an American history fraught with the systematic destruction of a people. Yet, amidst the debris of suffering and trauma, there is resilience and a profound remembering and healing taking place today, which will also benefit the next Seven Generations.
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Producer: Visions
Copyright Date: © 2013
Type: Educational Video
Run Time: 55:56
Language: English
We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes (series) Produced for PBS’s American Experience, the miniseries We Shall Remain tells five heartbreaking yet inspiring stories. Together they highlight Native American ingenuity and resilience over the course of 300 years. This five-part series shows how Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. It covers Native American history from the Wampanoags of New England in the 1600s who used their alliance with the English to weaken rival tribes, to the bold new leaders of the 1970s who harnessed the momentum of the civil rights movement to forge a pan-Indian identity. This documentary represents an unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers. Distributed by PBS Distribution. 5-part series, 60 minutes each. -- After the Mayflower -- Tecumseh's Vision -- Trail of Tears -- Geronimo: We Shall Remain -- Wounded Knee
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© 2009 PBS
Spirits for Sale - The Commercialization of American Indian Rituals Western spiritualists often seek enlightenment through indigenous religions once practiced in different regions around the world. Native American rituals are especially popular, and Europeans stage ceremonies based on American Indian beliefs for which they charge admission. America’s original people are not pleased with this development, for they regard this practice as the exploitation of their heritage. They see these performances as “pay to pray” ceremonies with imposters playing the roles of American natives. Beautifully crafted and filmed, Spirits for Sale explores both sides of an unlikely dispute between native peoples and present-day interpreters of their rituals. (58 minutes)
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Producer: Journeyman Pictures
Date Added: 2/20/2012
Copyright Date: © 2008
Type: Documentary Film
Run Time: 58:07
Language: English
Pocahontas Revealed On the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, science is revealing the truth behind the myth of John Smith, Chief Powhatan and his daughter, Pocahontas. Virginia archaeologists have recently discovered the site of Chief Powhatan's capital, Werowocomoco, some 17 miles from Jamestown beside the York River. Follow the investigation by NOVA of the site as archeologists for the first time reveal the Native American side of the Jamestown story.
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Producer: PBS
Date Added: 08/09/2018
Copyright Date: © 2007
Type: Documentary Film
Run Time: 53:08
Language: English
Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology The remains of more than 10,000 Native Americans unearthed at archaeological sites across the U.S. are in the possession of museums such as the Smithsonian. Is the analysis of the bones valid scientific research, or is it a desecration of Native American culture? This program focuses on the tensions between scientists, historians, and museum curators and Native American groups, as the bones take on a central role in a war of alternate perspectives. In examining this debate, the program provides an excellent survey of Native American archaeology in the U.S. A BBC Production.
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Producer: BBC Worldwide Learning
Copyright Date: © 1995
Type: Documentary Film
Run Time: 48:45
Language: English